{"id":156281,"date":"2020-11-22T23:45:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=156281"},"modified":"2020-11-23T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:39:19","slug":"new-podcast-series-profiles-lives-of-successful-gambling-pros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-podcast-series-profiles-lives-of-successful-gambling-pros\/","title":{"rendered":"New Podcast Series Highlights Diversity of Underground Gamblers, Shows Winning Traits"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new podcast series focuses on the lives of professional underground gamblers. The podcast goes inside the world of professional gambling and attempts to show what traits make these players successful.<\/p>\n

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Gamblers’ second episode showcases pool player Scott Frost. Frost is seen here at the US Open One Pocket championship at the Plaza Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, NV. (Image: Steve Booth\/Onepocket.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gamblers<\/a><\/em> is hosted by David Hill, a veteran writer on gambling. The idea for the series came after he wrote an article on sports bettors for The Ringer<\/a><\/em>, which produces the podcast for Spotify.<\/p>\n

In the six-episode series, Hill said he wanted to show people from various backgrounds and how they got into the games that turned into their livelihoods.<\/p>\n

I wanted to show their craft, to show how they work,\u201d Hill told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cHow they are able to do what they do and what all it entails. And to give people a little bit of respect for the amount of craft and skill that goes into being a professional.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New episodes will appear every Wednesday and will be available on all podcast platforms.<\/p>\n

Gamblers Backgrounds Vary, But They Share Common Traits<\/h2>\n

When Hill talks about a variety of gamblers, he means it. The series showcases not just a sports bettor and a horseplayer and a poker pro, it also profiles a pool hustler and a gin rummy player.<\/p>\n

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In the profile of pool player Scott Frost, Hill tells the story of a son of an Iowa<\/a> banker. Frost was a remarkable basketball player in high school, but an encounter with his coach caused him to miss a game. That happened to be the night he discovered billiards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While they may come from different backgrounds, one thing they have in common is that they put their own money up and bet on themselves.<\/p>\n

The biggest common denominator between all these folks is a tremendous amount of self-confidence and willingness to take risks,<\/strong>\u201d he said. \u201cIn that sense, I think you could put any of these gamblers up against any of the most successful entrepreneurs in America, too.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another common factor is their love of games of all types. They may have mastered one, Hill said, but they\u2019re captivated by others, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething that they have a kind of an innate attraction to and connect to is the playing of games, of learning the rules of a game, and quickly figuring out how to master those rules quickly, figuring out how to solve that puzzle, how to play that game,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Second Season? Hill Says There Are More Stories to Share<\/h2>\n

Work on the series started over a year ago, Hill said, and like pretty much everything else, COVID-19 played havoc with the schedule.<\/p>\n

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The second season of Gamblers<\/em> would be up to The Ringer<\/em> and Spotify. But Hill said he hopes it comes to fruition because there are stories he didn\u2019t get a chance to share. A basketball hustler and a drag racer are just two of the stories out there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIf this show could live on for multiple seasons, I think that one of the things that I want to do with this show is to show people that the type of person that makes their living from gambling is varied,\u201d Hill told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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